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    What is the best way to do this?

    I have tried planting some in a propagator and then transferring to bigger pots, however these look very weak, small and thin. I don't think they will make it. Anyone got any tips on how to grow them this way?

    I have also tried planting them directly in a seed bed on my allotment. Do people think that this is likely to give me a better return?

  • #2
    They don't really need a propagator now. Sow them on trays/in pots, and just forget about them for a while They'll bulk up in time, and when they're about the thickness of a pencil, you can transplant them into their final positions.

    Seed bed/trays/pots - they'll all work the same (given the same growing conditions). Pots/trays might be easier to get them out of though.

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    • #3
      Yup, leek seedlings look like grass for ages.................................. and then they begin to do something.
      Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you are probably right.
      Edited: for typo, thakns VC

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      • #4
        Zazen's the one for leeks: check out her threads

        I do mine her way now: pinch of seed in a module, leave it there until roots grow out the bottom, then pot on into bigger pots until there's room on the lotty.
        Then, plant out, still in little bunches of 3 or 4.

        Harvesting: they don't get mammoth this way, just nice thumb-thick leeks. I slice them off below the soil instead of pulling them up. This way they regrow and I get another crop
        All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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        • #5
          Many thanks for the info all

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          • #6
            I sow in a deep mushroom tray, each seed about an inch apart and leave them to grow on.
            I then dib them out after my new potatoes are dug up.

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            • #7
              I plant a sprinkling in trays. They require so little care that every bloomin' year I forget about them! This year is going to be different and I intend to get them to harvest. What's that I hear you say about the road to hell?
              Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
                Zazen's the one for leeks: check out her threads

                I do mine her way now: pinch of seed in a module, leave it there until roots grow out the bottom, then pot on into bigger pots until there's room on the lotty.
                Then, plant out, still in little bunches of 3 or 4.

                Harvesting: they don't get mammoth this way, just nice thumb-thick leeks. I slice them off below the soil instead of pulling them up. This way they regrow and I get another crop
                I recently acquired a book called The RHS Encyclopaedia of Gardening and it describes this exact method of planting leeks =). Sow 4 to a module, leave until they are ready to transplant outside and simply put the entire module into the ground.

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                • #9
                  I have to be honest, I just sow mine in a large round plant pot, keep the moist and leave them alone. In a few months they are ready to go and and I usually have loads to give away. I don't think they require any additional heat.

                  I also agree, they look like a pot of grass for weeks and weeks, but they usually come good in the end.

                  Richard
                  Follow me as I spend 365 days on the allotment - http://a-year-on-the-plot.blogspot.co.uk/

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                  • #10
                    mine are rubbish this year - I got kelvedon king from hsl and the germiation has been a bit pants so far.
                    There were some free in GYO the other month so I'm going to revert to plant them ( or cheat and get a pot full when I go on my annual pilgrimage to Reighton nurseries!)
                    Gill

                    So long and thanks for all the fish.........

                    I have a blog http://areafortyone.blogspot.co.uk

                    I'd rather be a comma than a full stop.

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                    • #11
                      Piggle I put those free seeds down on 29/02 in my cold green house first signs of green on the 18/03.

                      Colin
                      Potty by name Potty by nature.

                      By appointment of VeggieChicken Member of the Nutters club.


                      We hang petty thieves and appoint great ones to public office.

                      Aesop 620BC-560BC

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                      • #12
                        I have my first pot of seeds growing happily - I sow a 4" pot reasonably thickly, and dib in the results once the spuds come up or I find other space.

                        But I like the idea of the modules, and thumb-sized results. I might try that with my second batch (I use a fair few leeks so it's one of the few things I really try to do a lot of!!)

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                        • #13
                          I sow mine in rootrainers, then drop them straight into the slightly deeper hole when its ready to plant out.
                          "He that but looketh on a plate of ham and eggs to lust after it hath already committed breakfast with it in his heart"

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                          • #14
                            Mine are extremely slow germinating- three pots of the stuff and so far only one pot- planted last month- is showing a few lone grass like seedlings.

                            Am dibbing in lone ones and module ones this year as a kind of experiment

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                            • #15
                              I throw mine into either Rootrainers or modules and leave them to their own devices (as most people have already stated) until they are a decent size to transplant and/or I have room somewhere for them...
                              I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives....


                              ...utterly nutterly
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